The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games officially came to a close on Oct 4, with Beijing Sport University (BSU) athletes returning home with an impressive medal haul.

Competing with determination and pride, BSU athletes showcased their sporting excellence and dedication to serving the nation through sport. They battled hard, claimed titles and made breakthroughs, bringing home 40 gold, 10 silver and 18 bronze medals.

Here’s a look back at their outstanding performances at the Games.

40 Gold Medals

Sept 20
BSU student Wu Xiyao and teammates Zhang Mingyu, Meng Xin and Fu Jing won the women's team event in modern pentathlon, securing China's first gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and successfully defending their title.

BSU swimmer Li Bingjie successfully defended her title in the women's 1,500m freestyle. She also won gold as part of China's women's 4×100m freestyle relay team, which set a new Games record of 3:33.10.

In the women's individual triathlon, Lin Xinyu claimed gold, giving China its first Asian Games title in the women's event in 20 years.

Sept 21
BSU students Sheng Lihao and Zhang Changhong, alongside teammate Ma Sihan, won gold in the men's 10m air rifle team event, setting a new world record.

Zhang Xirui and Lin Xinyu helped China win gold in the mixed triathlon relay, defeating Japan and securing China's first Asian Games title in the event.

Sheng Lihao then successfully defended his men's 10m air rifle title, winning gold and setting new Asian and Asian Games records.

In women's kumite-61kg, BSU student Gong Li defeated Kazakhstan's Kanae to claim the title.

Sept 22
BSU cyclist Guo Li won the women's individual road race, securing China's first cycling gold of the Games. It was also China's first Asian Games title in the event since 1994.

Sheng Lihao won gold in the 10m air rifle mixed team event with a score of 507.1, breaking the world records in both the qualification and final rounds.

BSU student Li Jianming won the men's nanquan and nangun all-around title in wushu with a total score of 19.563.

Li Bingjie claimed another gold in the women's 400m freestyle, successfully defending her title.

BSU students Wang Mengjie, Zhuang Yushan and Dong Yuhan helped China defeat Japan 3-0 in the women's volleyball final to successfully defend the Asian Games title.

Sept 23
BSU student Yao Qianxun and teammates won gold in the women's 10m air pistol team event.

BSU student Zhang Qingying and her teammates claimed gold in the women's team gymnastics event, extending China's winning streak in the event to 14 consecutive Asian Games titles.

Yang Liujing won the women's 20km race walk title in 1:33:40.

Sept 24
BSU students Tang Sishuo, Wang Chengjin, Ma Shuo, Wu Di and Zhang Xiaoyu all claimed gold in their respective men's and women's sanda weight classes.

BSU student Ji Bowen and teammate Wu Shengyue won the men's canoe double 500m in 1:40.741.

Li Bingjie and teammates won the women's 4×200m freestyle relay. China has won the event at every Asian Games since it was introduced in 1998.

BSU students Wang Zhiyi, Wei Yaxin, Huang Dongping and Han Qianxi helped China win the women's badminton team title, defeating Japan 3-0 to reclaim the gold after 12 years.

Sept 25
BSU students Sheng Lihao and Zhang Changhong helped China win gold in the men's 50m rifle three positions team event, setting a new world record.

Li Bingjie successfully defended her women's 800m freestyle title with a time of 8:24.02.

Ji Bowen won gold in the men's canoe single 500m.

BSU student Yu Sihan and teammates won gold in the women's épée team event, China's first fencing gold of the Games.

Sept 27
BSU students Lin Yanjun and Xu Huiyan won gold in the artistic swimming duet with a total score of 640.3576.

Sun Sibei claimed gold in the women's freestyle BMX park event, becoming the first Asian Games champion in the event.

BSU student Yan Langyu successfully defended his men's individual trampoline title with a series of high-difficulty routines.

Sept 28
Yao Qianxun and teammates won gold in the women's 25m pistol team event with 1,743 points.

BSU students Chang Hao, Zhang Yayi, Xiang Binxuan, Li Xiuchen, Dai Shiyi, Lin Yanjun, Xu Huiyan and Lin Yanhan helped China win the mixed team artistic swimming title.

Sept 29
BSU student Wei Yaxin and partner Jiang Zhenbang won the badminton mixed doubles title.

BSU student Li Zhiwei and teammates won gold in the men's team sprint in track cycling, setting a new Asian Games record of 42.152 seconds.

BSU student Wang Lijuan helped China win the women's team sprint title and set a new Asian record.

Sept 30
BSU student Chen Ning and teammates won gold in the women's team pursuit, setting new Asian and Asian Games records with a time of 4:08.818.

Oct 1
BSU student Chu Shouhong won the men's speed climbing title with a new Asian Games record of 4.714 seconds.

Oct 2
BSU student Wu Yu, who served as China's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, successfully defended her women's 51kg boxing title.

Oct 3
BSU students Wang Lanjing, Ding Xinyi and Zhang Xinyi and teammates won gold in the rhythmic gymnastics group all-around with 55.300 points. As the event made its official Asian Games debut, China became its inaugural champion.

10 Silver Medals

Sept 20

BSU student Zhang Xirui won silver in the men's individual triathlon, achieving China's best-ever Asian Games result in the event.

Sept 24

BSU students Weng Hongyang and Feng Yanzhe helped China take silver in the men's badminton team event.

He Yueji won silver in the men's 65kg weightlifting event with a total of 327kg, after setting a world record in the snatch at 152kg.

Sept 25

Zhang Changhong won silver in the men's 50m rifle three positions individual event after setting a new Asian Games record of 593 points in qualifying.

Sept 29

Yang Siqi won silver in the women's shortboard surfing event, earning China's first-ever Asian Games medal in surfing.

Sept 30

Wang Lijuan claimed silver in the women's keirin.

Oct 1

Li Zhiwei won silver in the men's sprint.

Oct 2

Yang Chengyu won silver in the women's 60kg boxing event.

Han Xuezhen took silver in the men's 90kg boxing event.

Li Zhiwei also claimed silver in the men's keirin.

Sept 20

BSU student Wu Xiyao won bronze in the women's individual modern pentathlon.

Sept 24

Zhang Qingying claimed bronze in the women's uneven bars.

Rao Xueyi won bronze in the women's individual sabre.

Sept 26

BSU students Zhang Siqi and Song Yue helped China win bronze in the women's team foil event.

Yang Shuyu, Sun Fengyi and Li Yuan helped China take bronze in women's basketball.

Sept 27

Sun Jiaqi won bronze in women's freestyle BMX park.

Rao Xueyi and teammates won bronze in the women's team sabre event.

Pan Fengying helped China win bronze in women's handball.

Sept 28

Huang Dongping and Feng Yanzhe won bronze in badminton mixed doubles, while Wang Zhiyi took bronze in women's singles.

Oct 1

Zhang Qi won bronze in women's freestyle wrestling.

Chen Ning and teammate Gong Xianbing claimed bronze in the women's Madison.

Oct 2

Yu Qi helped China win bronze in the women's recurve team event.

Li Wenji won bronze in women's 76kg freestyle wrestling.

Oct 3

BSU student Wang Zilu, competing despite illness, completed the women's individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics final and earned bronze.

BSU students Zhang Wen, Wu Hongtao and Huang Fuchun helped China secure bronze in the judo mixed team event.

Li Diheng and Zhao Yuehao helped China's men's water polo team win bronze.

BSU students Chen Zeshi, Mao Weijie and Baihelam Abuduwaili helped China defeat Uzbekistan 6-5 to claim bronze in men's football, ending a 28-year wait for an Asian Games medal in the event.